# This one's gonna Tickle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-ones-gonna-tickle/146080>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 1, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-ones-gonna-tickle/146080 "2003-01-01T19:48:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![twelfthsign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@twelfthsign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twelfthsign)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-ones-gonna-tickle/146080/1 "2003-01-01T19:48:46Z")

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What is a Tickle? Why do we get tickled? Rather, how is it that some people just wont get tickled, my father for instance.  
And why does a tickle make us laugh? and if does, is it that its a funny thing? and if it is a funny thing, why don’t we like it?  
_okay thats too many questions_

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**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-ones-gonna-tickle/146080/2 "2003-01-01T19:54:14Z")

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not really sure, but:

some sort of nerve stimulation, i think. some people might have a slightly different arrngement/placement of those nerves.

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**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-ones-gonna-tickle/146080/3 "2003-01-01T19:57:45Z")

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[The Master speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_207.html)